1st Edition
Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders Stories of People and Water in the Middle East
By Francesca de Chatel
Copyright 2007
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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Francesca de Chatel explores the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa. She takes an entirely new angle on the much-discussed question of water scarcity by examining the history and culture of water from a human perspective. Unlike other books on the subject that provide specialized geopolitical, economic, and hydrological analyses, this book presents the... Read more
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Prologue: Abundance
1. The Death of the Garden of Eden
2. A Gift from God
3. Fading Traditions
4. Chafa and Chirb, the Laws of Water
5. The Value of Water
6. Myths of Concrete and Steel
7. Making the Desert Bloom
8. Bitter Waters
9. War and Visions of Peace
10. Relearning the Meaning of Water
11. Four Stories of People and Water
Epilogue: The Smell of Rain
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Francesca de Chatel
